Welcome to the Grid Mod Pod, brought to you by AEIC. In this podcast, you’ll hear from the utility industry’s top operations leaders on how their companies are working to modernize and improve our ever-evolving power grid. Thank you for joining us.

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In this episode, we’re excited to be joined by Jim Vespalec, Director of Asset Management at ATC and Past Chair of our Electric Power Apparatus Committee (EPAC). Here’s what you’ll learn when you listen in:

-An overview of how the EPAC committee is structured and who can become a member
-How EPAC establishes a collaborative dialogue between vendors and utilities
-How EPAC determines specific topics to focus on during in-person meetings
-How participating in EPAC helps committee members bring lessons learned back to their respective utilities
-An overview of Jim's personal journey through the committee and how it was impacted by COVID

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This podcast is brought to you by AEIC, the place where operations leaders come together to share knowledge and provide guidance to the electric utility industry. We'll be back with a new episode next week. Until then, keep powering on!